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Beyond the classroom: 8 teachers receive top honour for helping students flourish

The award recipients with President Tharman Shanmugaratnam (centre) at the annual Teachers’ Day Reception on Sept 3. Joining them are Minister for Education Desmond Lee (fifth from left) and Second Minister for Education David Neo (fifth from right).

SIT to give undergrads nearly 2 years’ work experience for better job prospects in age of AI

Dubbed “2+2”, the programme will have undergraduates spending their first two years on campus and the next two years in deeper workplace immersion.

Teachers with special needs: Guiding blind students and, sometimes, their parents

Penny Chong, who is blind, has been a resource teacher coaching visually impaired students at Ahmad Ibrahim Secondary School for nearly 20 years.

Teachers with special needs: Homecoming at Pathlight

Maths teacher Joel Lee, 29, is neurodiverse like his students at Pathlight School. Lee has autism and ADHD.

Teachers with special needs: ‘Sir, are you deaf?’

Science teacher Syed Ali Mohamed Alhabshee has significant hearing loss.

The unheralded strengths of teachers with special needs

(Clockwise from top left) Maths teacher Joel Lee, science teacher Syed Ali Mohamed Alhabshee and resource teacher Penny Chong.

The final stretch: Essential listening tips for PSLE pupils

Founder and academic director of Writer’s Guild, Trinity Wang, 44, with her daughter, Emma Hong, 12.

Free breakfast packs, AI study tool, stress-busting activities to support PSLE pupils

Pupils can meet radio personality Joakim Gomez at Ang Mo Kio Hub’s Cheers outlet during the Sept 3 launch from 1pm.

Minor Issues

How to do more parenting by doing less

Every family needs its own rites of passage, moments when children leave the safety of home and experience the joys of flying solo.

‘Not about preventing AI misuse’: S’pore universities move from grading essays to assessing thinking

SMU students present their projects and take questions from peers and instructors during an assessment component called ‘Pitch Perfect’.

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